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February 1972 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS S-9
Unless otherwise stated in footnotes below, data
through 1968 and descriptive notes are as shown
in the 1969 edition of BUSINESS STATISTICS
WHOLESALE PRICEScf— Continued
(U.S. Department of Labor Indexes— Continued)
All commodities!— Continued
Industrial commodities— Continued
Hides, skins, and leather products 9 1967=100..
Footwear ' do
Hides and skins do
Leather do
Lumber and wood products do
Lumber do
Machinery and equipment 9 ~ . . do
Agricultural machinery and equip _do
Construction machinery and equip do
Electrical machinery and equip do
Metalworking machinery and equip do
Metals and metal products 9 — do _
Heating equipment _ do
Iron and steel do
Nonferrous metals . do
Nonmetallic mineral products 9 do __
Clay prod., structural, excl. refractories do
Concrete products - do
Gypsum products • _ do _.
Pulp paper, and allied products do
Paper do
Rubber and plastics products § do
Tires and tubes do
Textile products and apparel 9 - do _
Apparel do
Cotton products do
Manmade fiber textile products do
Silk yarns do
Wool products do
Transportation equipment 9 Dec. 1968=100.
Motor vehicles and equip 1967=100
Miscellaneous products 9 do
Toys, sporting goods, etc ____do
Tobacco products do
PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR
As measured by-
Wholesale pricesj 1967—$! 00
Consumer prices t do
CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE 1
Private, total 9 - .do
Nonresidential buildings, except farm and public
utilities total 9 mil $
Public utilities:
Public total 9 do
Military facilities „ .. _ do
New construction (seasonally adjusted at annual
rates), total 1 bil. $
Private, total 9 . - do
Nonresidential buildings, except farm and pub-
Industrial... __do
Public utilities:
Public, total 9 do
Buildings (excluding military) 9 _._ do....
Housing and redevelopment _ _ .do
Industrial... . do
Military facilities... do ,
Highways and streets do
1969 1970
Annual
108.6
" 109. 1
124. 1
108.7
125. 2
131. 5
106.4
108. 5
110.0
102.9
107.8
108.5
105.3
107.1
113.6
108.1
106.0
106. 5
103.5
104.2
106.0
105.4
102.3
105.9
107.2
104.5
106.6
98.7
101.3
100.7
104.7
104.9
105.2
107.0
$0. 939
.911
93 347
65 384
33 200
25 941
21 155
6 783
9 401
2 172
27 963
11 230
1 047
518
879
9 252
1970
Dec.
1971
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
COMMODITY PRICES—Continued
110.1
113.0
104.4
107 7
113 7
113.7
111.4
113.0
115.5
106.4
114.0
116.7
110.6
115 1
125.0
113.3
109.8
112. 2
100.0
108.2
111 0
108. 6
109.0
107.2
111.0
105 6
102.1
114 3
99.4
104.5
108.5
109 9
109.4
114.0
$0 906
860
110.4
113.9
101.9
107.3
111. 1
111.1
113.8
116.3
119.6
108.2
115.1
116.2
112.7
116.5
116.7
115.1
111.3
114.5
95.1
108.5
112.1
109.4
112.0
106.7
111.9
106.9
97.5
111.2
96.8
108. 9
113. 4
111.9
110.5
117.0
$0. 901
.840
111. 7
116.0
98.9
108.2
112.2
113.0
114.2
116.3
120.2
108.8
115.2
116.5
113.6
117.6
115. 4
118.8
111.4
117.1
97.0
109 0
112.6
108.4
107. 5
106.9
112.3
107.1
97.2
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96.2
109.5
113.9
112.3
111.7
116.8
$0.894
.839
112.4
116.3
105.3
108.7
117.5
120. 3
114.6
116.8
120.5
109.3
116.0
116. 4
114.1
118.0
114.2
119.0
112. 7
117.6
97.9
109.3
112.7
109.1
107.5
106.7
112.0
107.5
97.4
(i)
95.4
109.7
114.1
112.6
112.3
116.9
$0 887
838
112.5
116.5
105.5
108.6
123.4
129.0
114.9
116.5
120.8
109.7
116.0
116.5
114. 5
118.2
113.7
120.9
113.6
118.5
98.9
109.3
113.1
109.1
107. 5
106.9
112. 2
107.8
97.6
(i)
94.5
109.5
113.8
112.8
113.1
116.9
$0 885
.835
114.0
116. 6
121.1
111.0
124.6
131.5
115. 0
116.7
120.9
109.5
116.6
117.8
114.7
118.4
117. 2
121.6
114.5
119. 4
101.0
109.6
114.3
109.0
107.5
107.5
112.2
108.9
98.6
(i)
94.4
109.7
114.1
112.7
112.5
116.5
$0. 883
832
114.4
116.7
121.4
113.0
124.9
132.8
115.3
116. 6
121.1
109.4
117.4
118.5
115.1
120.1
117.2
121.8
114.5
119.6
101.2
109.9
114.2
108.7
107.5
107.8
112.2
109.6
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93.5
109.8
114.2
112.5
112.4
116. 5
$0. 879
.828
114.2
116.8
114.0
114.4
126.1
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115.5
116.9
121.2
109.4
117.9
118.5
115. 2
120.3
116.4
122.2
114.5
120.1
104.0
110.2
114 3
108.7
107.5
108.5
112.3
110 9
101.4
(i)
93 4
110.0
114 4
112 6
112.6
116.5
$0. 875
.823
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
94 265
66 147
31 748
24 156
21 417
6*538
9 754
2 952
28 118
10 657
1 107
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1 991
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' Revised, v Preliminary. 1 Series discontinued.
cfSee corresponding note on p. S-8. JSee corresponding note on p. S-8. 9 Includes
data for items not shown separately, §Beginning Jan, 1970, retitled to read "rubber and
plastics products" to cover the direct pricing of plastic construction products; continuity of
the group index is not affected. 1 Data have been revised to reflect the incorporation of
new basic data, the change in estimating procedures, the modification of the type of construc-
456-219 0-72-2
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4 769
2 300
1 868
1 530
438
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114 6
109.7
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109. 2
113 3
111 9
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114 7
109. 8
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109.7
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112 5
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110.5
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112.6
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in wi
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110 6
114 7
109 6
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116 8
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110. 6
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1972
Jan.
$0. 867
.812 .812
9 074
6,999
3,776
3, 199
1 957
439
1,047
2,075
45
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tion classifications for private nonresidential buildings, the inc
private housing units, and the introduction of the results of a surve
residential building construction in the 13 Western States. More detailed t of
obtained from the Bureau of Census Report C30-70S, available from the Supemilenaem, 01
Documents (Washington, D.C. 20402).
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